Shanti Deva, the God of Peace

There's very little known about Shanti Deva. He was a monk at the great monastic university of Nalanda in 8th century India. The monks got fed up with him because he seemed to spend his time eating, sleeping and going to the toilet. So they set up this big seat so that it was hard for him to go up onto it. They then humiliated him by making him recite beautiful verses on Bodhi Chara Vittara.

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